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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Schenkerian analysis"”.
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Understanding Schenkerian Analysis from the Perspective of Music Perception and Cognition
… the perceptual and cognitive reality of Schenkerian theory through a survey of relevant empirical research. It reviews existing Schenkerian-specific empirical research, examines general tonal research applicable to Schenkerian analysis, and proposes the possibility of an optimal empirical …
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Talent and Technique: George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and John Paul II's Mayday 1984 Address to New York Gay and Lesbian Socialists' League at Cooper Union's Great Hall (Transcribed into Verse from Unauthorized French and Italian Versions of the Official Soviet Translation of the Polish Original by Norman MacAfee) for Tenor Solo, Chorus (SATB), and Eight Players
… of the repertoire since its premiere. A close (Schenkerian) analysis shows the flaws of the piece in detail. It also reveals considerable structural coherence, however, comprising very sophisticated treatment of motives in the foreground and middleground, and, in the background, the unfolding of …
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Polyfocal structures in Franz Schubert's Lieder
… there are numerous examples for which monotonal analysis is inadequate, especially in music of the later nineteenth century. Deformations of monotonality often arise from off-tonic openings, but some compositions may be understood in terms of two or more co-equal tonics, making monotonal models …
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The Problem of Tonal Disunity in Sergeĭ Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, op. 37
… chapters is defined by a motion from theory to analysis. After a brief historical introduction to Russian liturgical music and the <em>Vigil</em> (Chapter 1), Chapter 2 offers a study of the Russian concept of mutability (<em>peremennost'</em>), which refers to tonal or modal decentralization, …
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The four Mephisto waltzes of Franz Liszt
… in particular, is treated to a more intense analysis since it is the most problematic of the group. In this piece, the overall tonic is unclear as two different, yet related, keys struggle to dominate, with neither coming to a clear and decisive victory. F-sharp major and D-sharp minor are …
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Music analysis: Erasure and beyond
This thesis considers the practice of music analysis as it pertains to various popular musics outside the classical canon. Starting with an analysis of Indian fusion rock song Kandisa, by Indian Ocean, the author demonstrates a methodology rooted in traditional transcription and analysis (in …
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Remystifying Scriabin: Scalar Quality in the Late Works
… established analytical tools are employed: Schenkerian analysis, Pitch-Class Set Theory, Scalar Theory, sonata-focused theories of form, and notions of ‘Russian’ modular discontinuity. Often, the employment of one method occurs in tandem with another, or others, to generate revealing …
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Voice Leading in Fugue
… of J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier from a Schenkerian perspective. In Bach’s fugues, thematic material usually permeates all the parts, making the surface diminutions unusually complex. Given the predominance of the subject, there is a tendency in the Schenkerian tradition to base the …
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Sibelius's Seventh Symphony: Genesis, Design, Structure, and Meaning
… Symphony from historical (source-critical), Schenkerian, and transtextual perspectives. Through a detailed study of its genesis, musical architecture, and meaning, the author maintains that the Seventh, its composer, and its generative process, can best be understood as a series of verges: …
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The Fundamental Unity in Brahm's Horn Trio, Op. 40
Different sections or movements of a piece are associated with each other and contain the composer essential thought. A vague affinity of mood and a resembling theme or form testifies to the relationship. However, the evidence is insufficient to reveal the unification of the different sections or …
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Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op.43; Analysis and Discourse
… background and the state of the sources, 2) analysis, 3) semantic issues related to analysis (discourse), and 4) performance and analysis. The analytical study, which constitutes the main body of this research, demonstrates how Rachmaninoff organically produces the variations in relation to …